Thank you all for your service to our country in various capacities.

I thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding. I do thank the gentlemen from both New Jersey and Indiana for their good work. Most of the time I am going to agree with their recommendations, but I reluctantly have to disagree in this…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

President Obama's policy of releasing people willy-nilly from Guantanamo is a bad policy. The risk is real. In recent months, the administration has finally admitted that there have been Americans who have died because of Guantanamo…

I thank the gentleman from Rhode Island for his strong support of our national defense and especially for his leadership as ranking member of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee where we serve together. I also thank the…

that we need to really understand what the veteran needs and what the veteran wants

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for having this hearing, as I said earlier.

If it gets to the point where it is just broken and unused, that is not doing good by the taxpayer.

Well, I hope there is no sense of blaming the veteran.

Unfortunately, I still get bad reports in some cases of veterans who are not having satisfactory experiences.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for your leadership and Chairman Miller, the Full Committee Chairman, of bringing to light some of the problems and issues the VA has had.

My fear is that some of the expensive equipment, not to mention research or samples, are irretrievably lost, and that would be a tragedy.

Let me ask about the Denver VA research facilities. We see that there is terrible disarray at these research facilities.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike subsections (b) and (c) of section 2856 and insert the following: (b) Recognition.--Congress…

I thank the gentleman from Texas and committee staff for their willingness to work with me on this amendment. I fought long and hard to get this museum the recognition it deserves, and I am very pleased that we have a path forward where we…

Based on that reassurance and on that pledge to work together, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR…

National sovereignty is one of the most basic and fundamental principles of international law. Countries differ in their history, culture, aims, locations, and challenges. These factors work to shape the laws that govern that nation…

I thank my colleague from Alabama for his good work on this rule and on this bill. I want to talk about the critical part of the bill and an amendment that was proposed and then withdrawn, and that has to do with Iran's heavy water…

Dr. McCarthy, the bill that we passed, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act for American Veterans, requires the VA to collaborate with nonprofit mental health organizations to do three things to improve the efficiency of suicide prevention…

My colleague's legislation should be a model for eliminating statutory language that provides enough leeway for Federal agencies to run roughshod over private property rights.

This legislation addresses the U.S. Forest Service's long-standing attempt to usurp regulatory jurisdiction over private property rights in Northwestern Pennsylvania in the Allegheny National Forest.

I appreciate the leadership of Representative DeSantis and Representative Jordan in holding the Obama administration accountable. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to call for the impeachment of John Koskinen, Commissioner of the Internal…

Russia and China continue to pursue weapon systems capable of destroying satellites on orbit, placing U.S. satellites at greater risk in the next few years.

The DOD has access to a vast amount of data generated by its own IT devices, networks, and equipment.

How active are we in working with allies, NATO allies, Israel, et cetera, in combating cyber threats?